Sequential quantification of methyl mercury in biological materials by selective reduction in the presence of mercury(II), using two gas-liquid separators

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2103-2112

  Monteiro, Alcicléa C P ^a   De Andrade, Ly Santabaia N ^a   Luna, Aderval S ^b   De Campos, Reinaldo Calixto ^a  

^a Pontifical Cathol of Rio de Janeiro ^*  (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry; Mercury(II); Methyl mercury; On line sequential selective reduction

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALIBRATION; OPTIMIZATION; REDUCTION; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROMETRY;

COLD VAPOR ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 0037010571     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(02)00208-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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